Drop Dead Beautiful
by Jackie Collins
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Read in August, 2007
recommends it for:
jackie collins fans
I love the Lucky Santangelo series by jackie collins, so I picked this up at the library since it was the next in the series and it's been at least five years since the last one was out.
really good, except it did get a bit annoying how often the past books kept being brought up, but I think that could help for someone who hasn't ever read any book in this series.
as usual, she had a kick ass surprise ending with lots of twists! :)
really good, except it did get a bit annoying how often the past books kept being brought up, but I think that could help for someone who hasn't ever read any book in this series.
as usual, she had a kick ass surprise ending with lots of twists! :)
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Read in April, 2008
Drop Dead Beautiful is based on the Santangelos, a wealthy Italian family living in LA. I love the Italian aura of Godfathers, tradition, and spicy meatballs :)
Jackie Collins can hold ones attention, but this is not a book I would recommend to my fellow readers unless they are in the mood for a shallow 'eye for an eye' Hollywood story.
Jackie Collins can hold ones attention, but this is not a book I would recommend to my fellow readers unless they are in the mood for a shallow 'eye for an eye' Hollywood story.
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Read in August, 2007
I've been reading Jackie Collins' books longer than I care to admit. It is one of my favorite guilty pleasures! Jackie has tamed as she's gotten older, so her books aren't quite as explicit as they used to be. This book is the most recent of the Santangelo saga, which I have loved, and it didn't disappoint. It's definitely not rocket science, but it is a great quick summer read!!
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Read in October, 2007
I can't believe that I'm admitting that I'm reading this, but I am. A guilty pleasure, but one that I'll probably give up after this one,because Jacki Collins' writing is really quite horrible...
Not even one of her best! The ending doesn't have any momentum and it left me with a big "so what."
Not even one of her best! The ending doesn't have any momentum and it left me with a big "so what."
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Read in April, 2008
I have read all three books of Jackie Collins,
Chances, vendetta, and this one, Drop Dead Beautiful.
It has to do with the mafia. Lucky Santnagelo takes over her fathers business. It describes how her life started out to the present book on how she has survived.
Chances, vendetta, and this one, Drop Dead Beautiful.
It has to do with the mafia. Lucky Santnagelo takes over her fathers business. It describes how her life started out to the present book on how she has survived.
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Read in August, 2007
I don't know why I bothered to finish reading this book. I could overlook the bad writing if the story was interesting, but it wasn't. By the end, I was hoping all the characters would blow up at the opening of Lucky Santangelo's new hotel.
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Read in April, 2007
So bad it's kind of amazing. It is surprisingly long. Best line:
'"My wife deserves expensive!!!" he said expansively'
'"My wife deserves expensive!!!" he said expansively'
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Read in July, 2008
My tabliod summer reading....main character is lucky santangelo who is a "heroine" of sorts in several Jackie Collins novels. I just to read them as a jr. high/teen. Quick, fun, trashy. Perfect for summer by a pool :)
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Read in October, 2007
OK..TRASH...Trashy trash....but i liked it...will Lucky open her hotel or will there be successful revenge...will her daughter remain kidnapped or...i had to skip over the trashy stuff but still enjoyed the read...
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Read in June, 2008
I love to revisit the characters from the original novels which started I think in the late 70s like Lucky, etc. But its not as good as the originals (Chances & Lucky). Seemed to be missing something
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This was pure smut, another book with Lucky Santangelo. I have read all of the Lucky books and it just kind of was on a library shelf the other day so I checked it out. Nothing to write home about
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Read in September, 2007
recommends it for:
adults
I've been following Jackie collins hollywood stories=particuarly about Lucky Santangelo and her books are fast paced and exciting. this last book was no disappointment.
I didn't want it to end.
I didn't want it to end.
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Read in June, 2008
Jackie's books are not the bonkbusters of old, or is that me actually showing my age. However she does weave a brilliant story and this is another one of her gems. I really enjoyed this.
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Read in May, 2008
This was an easy read. There were lots of different plot lines that all intersected at the end, plus there was an epilogue that tied up each character. I always like nice, neat endings.
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Read in May, 2008
I made it to page 3 and realized that I wouldn't like the book but gave it a shot. I then made it to page 27 and gave up. This book was very slow and had alot of nonsense in it.
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Read in August, 2007
Had I read this book anywhere besides on vacation, I might have just put it down. As it was, it was a perfectly fine read, but not as good as several of her earlier books.
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Read in July, 2007
Fun book, but not Jackie Collins' best...new format for this book's transitions make it an easier read then the back and forth timeline that she usually does so very well.
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Just finished this one about a month ago. Loved all the characters. Kept me up at night, because I couldn't set it down. Not as trashy as some of her other work.
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Read in October, 2007
recommends it for:
Fans of Trashy Novels
This book is classic Jackie Collins...a guilty pleasure! It's filled with beautiful people, weirdos, crazies, snobs, you name it. A fun read!
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Read in August, 2007
recommends it for:
EVERYONE
as always Jackie Collins doesn't let her readers down! I am still reading this book, but it's one of those books you CAN'T put down!
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